WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2798, 16 June 1916, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR,

(By Imogen.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Effect of Kitchener's Death. A lady correspondent wrote to the "Sydney Morning Herald" as follows:— Ihe following incident may be of interest to you:—l was amongst the crowd yesterday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, outside your office, and had read the notice posted there concerning Lord Kitchener's death. Then, .as I turned to come away, I observed a good-looking, welldressed man, who appeared in contrast to the rest of the crowd, for the reason that his face wore a wonderful smile. I paused to watch this man. smiling to himself, when everyone else's face woro a tenss look, when my gaze came in line with two roughlydressed individuals. They read the notice through (and I must tell you here there were tears in. their' eyes), then turned to each other, spoko a couple of quiet words, which were inaudible to me, and turned to go away, when they, too, noticed the good-looking mail with the smile. Without hesitation one o£ the "rough", individuals went up to the smiling stranger, and said: "Say, mate, we're going up to the Barracks after reading that. How about coming with us?" The smile still broadened, as the well-dressed one replied: "Yes, I've just decided to do so." Then the .oddly asSorted'trio walked away together, with their faces alight with the great resolve, while I wended my way back to the office, wishing that I was a man. Red Cross Acknowledgments. The committee of the St. John Ambulance Brigade and lted Cross Society Depot, Nathan's Buildings, have received the following letter from the Under-Secre-tary of Internal Affairs:—"l have the honout to inform, you that advice has been received from tho Officer Commanding, Headquarters, New Zealand Expeditionary Forces, Cairo, that the following shipments of hospital requisites from your brigaue have been duly received in Egypt and delivered as desired:—Sixteen bales, shipped per s.s. Ulimaroa in November, 1915; 15 bales shipped per s.s. Moeraki on January 8, l'Jlli; 15 bates, shipped per s.s. Eiverina on February 10, 1916; 15 bales,. shipped per s.s. Manuka on February 24, 1916. The Officer Commanding desires that his sincere thanks bo cgnveyed to your brigade for your kindness and the practical interest displayed on behalf of the New Zealand troops." A Memorable Day in London. .Writing to a friend in Wellington, an Anzac who had been invalided from Gallipoli desoribes what took placo in London oa Anzac Day. . "It was a most perfect day," ho writes, "and tho route of the march through London via tho Strand and Whitehall to Westminster Abbey was crowded with enthusiastic spectators. All along the way we were cheered and cheered, and bodies of women sang hero and there, "For they are Jolly Good Follows/ eto. Others Bmotliered Us with flowers, some thrown from the windows of buildings, and still others gave na cigarettes, and made us small prosonts in tho shape of handkerchiefs. Soino of tlioso who tried to push the police aside so that they could get nearer us wero endeavouring to stop the flow (H tuars-*-all through the women could not control their'emotion. Our fellows joined in. tho fun, and left tho line J;o shake hands with the women and girls, who could not cheer enough. That march wa'a a most memorable one, and judging from the attitude of the spectators, Eng. land,appear® to bo burdened with appreciation of tho .small part we have played in the war. I can tell you that I was awfully proud that I was a New Zealand, civ.aud was able to take part in the pro. cession. The crowd outside tho Abbey was simply enormous, and tho police experienced great difficulty In keeping tho people back. 'Kia ora. New Zeal antlers,' was . the cry all along, aud every now and again thj> call '/looce' would rise from tho midst of the onlookers.

"Tho service in the Abbey was grand, but I was in. a rotten placo for seeing anything. ' I was unable to seo tho King and Queen, But still I enjoyed the privilege of being able-to be present at the liorvice. At i lie end of it our New Zealand trumpeters played the 'Last Post." This was too much for many of us, because it immediately brought back recollections of our doings on Oiallipoli, and of thoso 'on the other side' who ,vet seemed to be with us. Tho wholo Abbes echoed with the blast, and many found it hard to slop tho tears from falling. "After tho service the New Zealanders matched to St. James' Park, where we caught the tubo and returned to our camp. At 4 p.m. wo paraded; and at 5 p.m. General Sir W. E. Birdwood, our adorable commander, presented the deco. rations won. by 15 of our men on the Peninsula. There -were thousands of people present, and the parade was most successful. Sir Thomas Mackenzie delivered a fine speech, in which he spoke of what Now Zealand had dono in the matter of military training, ■ "I must tell you that I had a splenflid_ view on Tuesday night of three Zeppelins for the first time.' One in particular was brilliantly illuminated by tho searchlights, aiyl was right overhead. Ton can imagise I was excited, because I have always beon longing to see one." Miss Isa Chappie is on the nursing staff of the 2nd Eastern Hospital at Brighton. Miss Nella Chapplo is nurs-. 1 ing' at the Morden Grange Hospital, and Miss Ella Chappie is similarly engaged at'the Morden Ball Hospital, near Wimbledon. The Lyall Bay ladies in charge of tho Red Cross shop in Woodward' Street thauks all tho kind friends who helped to make yesterday's business so' successful. - The sum of <£13 4s. was realised as a resfllt of the day's sales. •A' few years ago tho Gas Company couceived tho idea of conducting occasional gas cookery demonstrations in tho City and suburbs during tho summer months. The next step was to equip a cookery room at the company's office in Courtenay Place, still restricting the demonstrations to a few summer months. Tho interest in theso gatherings has so increased that Miss Carter, permanent gas cookery instructress to the company, .conducts a demonstration every Wednesday afternoon at tlireo o'clock. Last Wednesday tho attendance was large, and Miss ' Carter prepared tho following dishes:—Rock cakes, flaky pastry, parsnip balls, stewed fish roes, fried fish I roes, giiiger cakes, fritter batter without ! eggs, parsley sauce, and baking powdor.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. By special arrangement with Mrs, Rolleston, Hair Physician and Face Specialist, Qualified London and Paris. "Cuticle."—Tho following are the instruments necessary for manicuring: A cuticle knife, a pair cuticle scissors, an ivory presser, a file, orange sticks, emery boards, and a chamois leather polisher, the prices of course vary according to the quality. "J.H.,"—-The hands frequently 'become wrinkled sooner than the face. . This is sometimes due to the excessive dryness of the skin. Lolene, price 2s. 6d., should be applied occasionally at night, more cspscially during the winter months, when the hands have a tendency to become rough and chapped. "Age."—The approach of wrinkles may be counteracted by a course of Pace Massage—they very often are the result of facial expressions; therefore, to preserve one's youth it's also advisable to keep the muscles of the faco under careful control. Further replies by letter. Correspondence invited. 256 Lambton Quay.—Advt.

Lady Emmott is the only lady on tlie new committee of inquiry which the Home Secretary has set up for the control of war charity funds. She is well fitted for the position from tlie fact that she is so eminently practical. In the early days of the' war, when the question of finding the right kind of hospitality for the bOjOCO destitute Belgians who came to our shores was acute, Lady Emmott tackled the problem with consummate skill and tact, and carried the scheme to a brilliant success. Her Imperial sympathies find expression in active association with the Victoria League. Lord Eminott is Director of the War Trade Department, and will be remembered in this country as having been a member of the British Parliamentary I'arty that visited New Zealand about three years ago. Lady Emmott accompanied him. A memorial service in honour of the late Lord Kitchener is to be held at the Lahmann Home, Miramar, this evening at quarter past eight. The Eev. Mr. Sykes, vicar of the parish, will conduct the sen-ices, and the Eev. lCnowles-Snrith (chaplain) will speak. Old patients and friends are invited to attend, and during the course of the service an offertory for the dependants' of the men lost in the great naval battle will be taken up. Sister Conyers (N.Z.), who came to London after training at the Children's Hospital, Melbourne, has been for some time at the St. Andrew's Military Hospital, Malta. She returned to London last'week by the hospital ship Marama. Miss Conyers' sister is of the Australian. Hospital in Egypt (says the "British Australasian" of May 6. Dr. Agnes Bennett (Wellington) has come to England for a rest after a year's work in Egypt (states a London correspondent of May i). She spent a short time in Paris, where she found the pressure of the war—especially the economic pressure—sadly felt, much more so than in London. Unless there is a great demand for medical officers withinthe next three months, Dr. Bennett will return to New Zealand. The annual "eonversazione" in connection ivith St. David's Presbyterian Church, Petone, -was held last evening, the Eev. A. Bruce Todd presiding. Items wero contributed to the programme by Misses Cotton, Curtis, Martin, Williamson, and Gordon, and Messrs. Eennie, Kerr, and Armstrong. Mr. Eennie ac,ted as accompanist. A patriotic item. en. titled "The Appeal of the Nations, waa rendered by a number of children, and was well received.

Wrinkles are ca-usSl.by the ever-ohang-ing movements of the muscles in the faco. It is foolish to assume that faco massage is unnecessary, it is absolutely essential; and for this purpose Miss Milsom lias issued her revised 6et of instructions for the proper massage of the face and neck. All inquiries invited relating tp the proper, treatment of the hair and skin. Immediate replies strictly confidential. Write for complete outfits for dry,'greasy, grey, and faded hair. "Cultene" prices as usual: The Skin Food, 35.; The Balm, 3s. 6d.; Parisian Lip Food ("Levrelene" Eeg.), 2s. Gd. Miss Milsom, 91 Willis Street (4 doors past "Evening Post"). Telephone 814—Advt. Herb. Price offers a splendid range-of Ladies' Silk Hose. The quality is guaranteed -and value supreme. Willis Street.—Advt. r

- SAILORS* DAY Yesterday was a busy, day for everyone who was taking part inllie collection which has been organised for the benefit\ of-the fund for sailors' families. For many of the workers operations began at eight o'clook in the morning, and lasted till well over six o'clock. Luckily the day was: fine, and cheerful givers seomed to be frequently met with, while the stalls on tie whole report having done good business. Homo produce, such ns cakes, walnutbread, scones; and (joods of that kind always seem to meet with a good demand, and the stalls that made a specialty of such did - extremely ..well. Photographs, badges, small flags, flowers, lavender sachets, sweets, etc., were sold ini the streets, and everyone giving a shilling or more to the fund were ontitled to receive a badge. These were of white satin, with the Union Jack marked npon them, also the words, "Naval Day, Wellington, N.Z.,' 1916," and Nelson's historic message printed in blue lettering. Offices, firms, - and shops were invaded, and" those of the purveyors who were selliug tho little sachets of lavender oould not keep up with the-demand, so keenly were they sought after. Curiously it was from men and boys that the demand was keenest. . One or . two collector, who,had been>quite unaware of tho fact, found that-it was very-neoessary. to be provided with a' permit enabling them , to collect, as not being able to show such- ' a tiling when asked for it by the police, omission was made good. v : Refreshments were ■ provided' at the Town Hall for the workers: by the: Victoria League, Mrs. Coleridge being. in their operations were stopped; till the • charge in the morning, and Mrs. W. F. . .Massey in the afternoon. To-day Mrs. S. Kirkcaldie and . Miss Coates will be in .charge, and the. street collection will, igain be held, while goods of .nil descriptions will be sold from the.stalls. In the evening the concert which has been organised for the same caiise''by the' tess, of .Glasgow will be/held in the big .Chamber- of .the Town Hall. An excellent programme has been provided,. and what with its "merits and the cause for which it is full house sliould. be the result. -. . ' Mrs. W. Lamb (Masterton) is visiting . relatives in Wellington. . , -Miss S. Jackson .has returned to "Stone- " stead" (Woodside) from a visit to friends ; in. Masterton. ■ ; 4 story of the King's wonderful, memory for faces is told-by the sister of an accident ward in one !of .the great London .hospitals, .His Majesty, ..during . a,..visit ,to this 'institution, entered- into conversation with- a patient who had beeh'admitted on account of a fractured femur. Two years '. later -King . George V - again j.visited- this hospital, ; -and in passing through, the : -same' .ward recognised -the man to whom iie". had spoken on , his previous . visit. - "That-, mail,". said His ULijestv, "-Was here th'e"last time'l came, but he. was in that: ; bed over- there." ■"Yus, 'Yer Majesty," said . tho - patient,-. "ifs:the. other leg this.toime."-.: \ According to a London correspondent of May 4, .Sisters Sybil Jv.-lCelly and "EthelM. Sti'aclmii, ; some time' at the New" Zealand'Hos'piial' •(it Walton, have recently resigned m>in : the. staff; .'there; nnd -have.'now left : lor Russia to 'do 'lied Cross nursing.'.' Their ■first destination is Petrograd. - Nurse.Macandrew, who.went Home, several months ago to. assist'in the work ot Qursing sick and wounded soldiers, expects to leave on her return to New Zealand at the end.of next month. To the-credit of-commercial-travellers be it said,'"No Rubbing Laundry Help" is selling fast. -Is. package sufficient Seven weeks' Contains nothing injurious; ,£lO guarantee;'' ' All -"grocers!—" .'AdvtJ, .

WAR ECONOMY IN BRITAIN AN . APPEAL TO THE WOMEN. By Telegraph-Pross Assoda.tion--Copyric.lifc ("Times" and Sydnoy "Sua" Services.) London, Juno 11. The War Savings Committed urgently appeals to women to limit their purchases of dress material and. the employmont of labour ill making it up to the narrowest possible limits. Tho committee advises women to alter and adapt existing'clothes, and to purchase cotton instead of woollen, lines; ns the girls em.ployed ill 'dressmaking are needed to .replace men. It advises the utmost restriction on purchases of footgear and leather.